Observers say the ambassadors resignation increases the possibility for business contacts with a new Indian government. However, the bigger barrier to better relations is the US position on Narendra Modi. He is the prime ministerial candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Studies have shown his party could win enough votes to form a new government after the Indian elections end next month.
Narendra Modi has been banned from traveling to the US and several other Western countries. They claim he did not do enough to stop religious riots in 2002. More than 1,000 people died in the unrest. Many were Muslims in Gujarat, his home state.
But several European countries opened diplomatic contacts with Mr. Modi last year. Ambassador Powell held her first meeting with him only six weeks ago. Indian observers say the meeting took place too late to be effective.
Chintamani Mahapatra is the chairman of the Center for U.S and Latin American studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi. He says the United States has been slow in reaching out to the BJP leader. And he thinks some issues could have been dealt with in a better way. For example, Mr. Modi was denied a visa in . Since then, no serious steps have been taken against him.
Ambassador Powell will leave her position by the end of May. Observers in New Delhi hope that the new ambassador will be a strong political force, and not a career diplomat like Ms. Powell.
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